U.S. Embassy In Baghdad Affirms New F-16s To Fly From Iraq
July 10 2015
The U.S. government has shot down reports alleging that Washington has been pressuring Baghdad to operate its new F-16 fighters from airfields in Jordan, reports the Air Force Times.
A Shi'ite member of Parliament earlier this week told reporters that the U.S. government was demanding that Iraqi jets operate from Jordan. The story was carried by Rudaw, a Kurdish media service.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Monday said that Washington remains committed to...
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